Thomson Reuters

Year Joined PERii
2005

Resource Name
Web of Science® including Journal Citation Reports® and EndNote Web®

Resource Type
Online Citation Database

Access URL
http://www.isiwebofknowledge.com

Title Listing
Master journal list
Arts & Humanities
Science Citation Index Expanded
Social Sciences Citation Index

Content Overview
The Web of Science provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 10,500 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. it also offers access to ISI Journal Citation Reports.

ISI Web of Knowledge offers a comprehensive, fully integrated platform that empowers researchers and accelerates discovery. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. With it, users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research. Journal Citation Reports® presents quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to evaluate the world's leading journals and their impact and influence in the global research community.

Access to the Science Citation Expanded®, Social Sciences Citation Index®, Arts & Humanities Citation Index®. Full description available on the Thomson Reuters Web of Science website.

Subject Strengths

• Natural sciences
• Social sciences
• Arts
• Humanities

Service Strengths

• Navigate backward in time using cited references to uncover the research that influenced an author's work
• Navigate forward in time using Times Cited to discover the impact a paper or other published item has had on current research.
• Link to the full text of primary literature
• Export records directly to leading bibliographic management programmes: EndNote®, Reference Manager® and ProCite®
• Industry-leading evaluation and analysis tools
• Email alerting service
• Discover who is citing your research and the impact your work is having on the global research community
• Uncover the seminal research of an important theory or concept
• Measure the influence of colleagues' or competitors' work
• Follow the path and direction of today's hottest ideas and concepts
• Determine if a theory has been confirmed, changed or improved
• Find out how a basic concept is being applied
• Track a topic through years of research literature
• Verify the accuracy of references
• Locate relevant articles missed through a topic or subject search

Usage Guides
Quick reference guides

User guides (PDF)

• Multidisciplinary resource guide
• Analytical resource guide
• Integrating Endnote guide
• Journal citation report guide
• General guide

Registration Information
Each developing country institution eligible for access ( eligibility criteria, 38kb) is required to register to use Thomson Reuters. If you have not used this resource before, you may need to check if your institution is registered and identify the contact person who has your access details. To do this, please go to the PERii registration system and select your country and institution.

Note: Country coordinators sign a Coordinating Site License Agreement(coordinators agreement - PDF) on behalf of all institutions in the country. Before an institution will be given access, the ISI Participating Member Site License must be downloaded (member licence - PDF), completed and faxed back to +1 215 387 1125.

Access Information
Access by IP address recognition with username and password access for remote users.

Publisher Support/Help Contact
ts.support.emea@thomson.com

URL to General Publisher Site
http://www.thomsonreuters.com/business_units/scientific/

Further Information from your Country Coordinator
The details for your country coordinator can be found on your country page. Please use the 'Country Finder on the right-hand side of this page.

Information for Librarians

Administration Information
Administraiton details are available on the ISI Web of Knowledge support page.

Platform
ISI Web of Knowledge

Promotional Information/Materials
Promotional materials are available on the ISI Web of Knowledge support page.

Publisher Newsletter Details
Register for one or all of the following newsletters

• KnowledgeLink : delivers expert insight on a choice of information areas: Global Innovation, Information Professional Development, Intellectual Property, Pharmaceutical Knowledge and Scientific Research trend
• ScienceWatch : tracks trends and performance in basic research
• InFocus : brings you the latest news on our pharmaceutical and chemical information products and services

Press releases
Librarian news and blogs

Usage Data Collection
You will need to obtain a username and password, then you can log into usage reports via the ISI Web of Knowledge librarian's page.

PERii FAQs
To find the answer to the most commonly asked questions about registration and access, see the Information resources FAQ page.

PERii Help Documents
Please see the online help documents for further information about INASP policy on username and password access, registration, registration record keeping, downloading from publishers websites, access issues and statistics.

Publisher FAQs
Publisher FAQs can be found on the Thomson Reuters website.